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For me it's more the amount of snow we can get in one snow fall. It would be my luck that I head out, then it snows 6-7 inches, and then I'd be stuck until the plows get around. Plus who wants all that salt garbage all over your nice car :tup:

Yes, but I thought this thread was about sex, no? :rolleyes:

Stop enjoying things differently than me! :mad:

I daily drove my 350 when I lived in Wisconsin. It was ok to drive in winter with blizzaks but it sure did suck when it snowed more than 3 inches while at work. Donuts were fun though. I would much rather drive my four wheel drive truck any day of the week in the winter versus the 370 with snow tires. I still use my truck a lot during the summer too. I'd rather the truck take a hit from a shopping cart or a idiots door than the Z. It makes Z time just that much sweeter to me.

Funny you mention exhaust, that is kinda sorta how I guage initial rust. It always starts on the factory weld joints of exhaust and subframe areas. Worst I see in florida is some light browning of the weld seams. I think the car would last in excess of 20 years with just rain if not more here. Main culprit here in FL is sun UV damage which kills paint of more than any rust. Not unless you are parked on a beach frequently which I dont.

My wives previous ride was a 2006 Malibu, the floorpan was clean as whistle and it had over 120K miles on it and parked outside.

Now the same car or similar in a salt belt would have been perforated underneath. Yes, indeed water will corrode bare metal, but it will take ages without salt. Back in England they salted the roads in winter, you would be lucky to be rust free for more than 7 years and I am not just talking about the underpan areas, wheel arches would perforate.

I bought my current Z in St. Cloud, traded my old one there. Big fan of Miller. When I traded my 2011 for my current 2014 in late late February, it snowed two days before I was going to go down and make the trade (90 miles). I couldn't even get my Z out of my garage---zero traction. Miller Auto actually brought the new one to my house on a flatbed, dropped it off and took the old one away. I concluded the whole deal at my kitchen table without even setting foot in the dealership at any point in the process. It was about as easy as ordering a pizza.

My winter DD is a 4WD GMC Sierra. It's a lot more fun to drive in 5-or-more inches of snow than any Z car.

Me personally, I baby sports cars or other "recreational" vehicles that I've owned.

To digress a little, I used to think that the rest of the world should see things the same way as me....You go through a lot of heartache and undue stress if you do that. I know, I learned the hard way up until my latter 20's. I don't try to foist my POV on people as passionately as I used to. If I hear a stranger getting ahead of him/herself about some topic, that I got experience & knowledge in, but this person is talking out of his/her ***, then I ignore them. If it's a loved one or close friend, then I try to convince him/her to see it my way...if I think they're gonna screw themselves.

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I know what you mean but I was not worried about the rust when I speak of rain, more about the amount of work to clean it again.